Ben Pimlott
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Ben Pimlott | |
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Born | Benjamin John Pimlott 4 July 1945 Merton, England |
Died | 10 April 2004 London, England | (aged 58)
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Education | Rokeby School Marlborough College |
Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford Newcastle University |
Occupation | Historian |
Spouse | [1] |
Children | 3[1] |
Benjamin John Pimlott FBA (4 July 1945 – 10 April 2004) was an historian of the post-war period in Britain. He made a substantial contribution to the literary genre of political biography.
Background
Ben Pimlott was born in
In the
Writing
During 1987–88, he was political editor of the New Statesman magazine and took on the post of Professor of Contemporary History at Birkbeck in 1988. For the following two years, Pimlott was responsible, with friends, for the short-lived journal Samizdat.[4]
Aside from his attempts at a Parliamentary career in the 1970s, not to mention his tenure as Chairman of the
His other books include Labour and the Left in the 1930s (1977),[6] The Trade Unions in British Politics (with Chris Cook, 1982), Fabian Essays in Socialist Thought (1984), The Alternative (with Tony Wright and Tony Flower, 1990), Frustrate their Knavish Tricks (1994) and Governing London (with Nirmala Rao, 2002).[2]
Views and legacy
Many of Pimlott's theses have stood the test of time,[
In 1996 his works were recognised with a fellowship of the British Academy. In 1998, he became Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London.[6]
Personal life, death and legacy
In 1977, Pimlott married Jean Seaton,[2] a lecturer on communications and the media at the University of Westminster. They had three children.[2]
Pimlott died from complications of an
References
- ^ a b c d "Ben Pimlott". The Telegraph. 13 April 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93657. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- The British Academy: 161–179. 2007.
- ^ a b Kenneth O. Morgan Obituary: Ben Pimlott, The Guardian, 12 April 2004
- ^ "Obituary: Ben Pimlott". Liverpool Daily Post. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2021 – via The Free Library.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ White, Michael (15 January 2005). "Pimlott prize unveiled". The Guardian.
Sources
- Julian Glover "Labour historian Pimlott dies at 58", The Guardian, 12 April 2004
- D. R. Thorpe Obituary: Professor Ben Pimlott, The Independent, 14 April 2004.